Walmart said on Thursday that it is lowering its free-shipping minimum at Walmart.com from $50 to $35 for the holiday season, effective on Friday. The announcement comes a month after Amazon raised its own minimum for the first time in a decade, from $25 to the same $35 threshold.

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